Tag: Edit of the Art


  • How to Spot a Bad Literary Agent

    5 Red Flags Every Writer Should Know When I first published this post several years ago, it originally helped dozens of writers steer clear of scammy agents. While the literary landscape keeps shifting, the core red flags haven’t changed. I’m bringing it back for 2025 — refreshed and polished — because too many hopeful authors…

  • Passion and Creativity

    I’ve always had a burning passion to create things. From my early childhood stacking blocks into structures, constructing with Duplos and later Legos both guided and freestyle, I’ve always appreciated the act of building. I’d even create fake laptop computers on construction paper by drawing a screen on one half and drawing a custom keyboard…

  • Why You Should Build an Evergreen Forest of Content

    We live in a world where so much information is available at our fingertips. Still, despite the vastness of the internet, there’s a chance to write unique content covering a topic no one has happened to publish online just yet. So, what is the best way to ensure that you’re setting out to write truly…

  • Websites as Living Organisms

    One of my favorite things about online publishing is that what’s posted online isn’t written in stone. A major drawback of traditional publishing is that once something is in print, it’s out there forever, immutable without the release of another edition. One common example of this drawback with traditional printing is how school textbooks must…

  • Motion in Writing

    A writer must always be in motion, just as we all should be. This motion should always be clear in our writing, reflecting our soul constantly reinventing itself on the fly. It’s important for us as writers to never stay still for long. We must go out of our way to be out of our…